Gay Philadelphia: The Latest

Chicago detectives suspect that "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett filed a false police report when he said he was the victim of a racist, homophobic attack in downtown Chicago late last month, a police official said Wednesday.

The United Methodist Church will soon decide how to address deep divisions over same-sex marriage and gay ministers serving in the clergy.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow denied Wednesday that she skied into a man who accused her in a lawsuit of seriously injuring him at a Utah ski resort, alleging in a counter claim that the man actually plowed into her from behind and delivered a full "body blow."

At the glad-handy Oscar nominees luncheon earlier this month, film academy president John Bailey proudly told the 171 nominees in the room that there were a record number of women nominated for Academy Awards this year.

Fox Television says "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett "continues to be a consummate professional on set" and it has reiterated that he's not being written out of the show.

The office of Serbia's openly gay Prime Minister Ana Brnabic says her partner has given birth to a baby boy.

TMZ is reporting that Jussie Smollett's scenes in the upcoming season of "Empire" on Fox will be cut due to the controversy surrounding his alleged attack.

Nelson Bardales, a chef at Tu Tierra restaurant in Miami, told the media that a Feb. 10 assault that left him with fractured facial bones — an assault captured on security cameras — came out of the blue from a complete stranger.

Two men who placed an order at a Little Caesar's Pizza in Henrico Country, Virginia, found that the word "Gay" had been printed on their receipt.

The first openly gay football player to be drafted by the NFL, Michael Sam, told students at the University of New Mexico about his experiences - and shared the kind of support that he himself has received.